that are saved. however, there is no accountability on what was proposed in front of us. what we are looking at is changing the way that we have done our general signups. with no location, no purpose, no duties, no responsibilities that are explained writ we use the sign of try annually based on strict seniority. the training techniques all-out different inspectors and managers -- allow different inspectors and managers to go out. i would like to put this on as an agenda item. i think you for your time today. >> i agree. mr. toronto and i had a

discussion. he said, they get too much money from their medallions already. it is not about the making money. it is about a better cab industry. unless these people retire, $200,000 is not a lot of money. they will make much more keeping the medallions. there are no longer an active part of the industry because they are at retirement age. all these young guys want to get in the business and by these medallions. let them. let these people sell them. it is ridiculous. my nieces are in town and i took them on a tour. i was at the tower on sunday evening, 7:00, and you're parking control officer comes up and says, move. i said, what? she said, this is for residents. memorial day through labor day. she probably made a thousand dollars for you guys. giving tickets to tourists writ that is just not -- that is just

not cool. the tourists come here to have a good time and they're getting these tickets on their part. it is a tourist destination. com on. it is not just a money market for you guys. bikes in stockton tunnel? who made that decision? it is very nicaea and dangerous. uber, they have had a stealth attack throughout the industry. they are wanted very us. it is not your jurisdiction now. please. you need to find a way to make it your jurisdiction and stop them from moving in on the industry. we need to find a way to compete with them. i did not like cabulous at first, but now i like it because it is the only way you can compete with the instant access to these vehicles.

>> good evening again. you can save a lot of money if you upgrade your wheel system to 0.9. as a cabdriver, i cannot think more than three layers. pickup, collect the money. your muni driver, only two layers. stop, look at the people, close the door, and run. what is 0.9? it is a way you can lean forward, zero case of debt. you are saving a lot of money on your lawsuit and people, an

investigation, on and on. my system is 0-0. because i am a very simple person. i do nothing too much. i open my eyes and drive. your muni brother has to have a message in their brain. zero means nobody death for your driving. no one can break this through. second, zero injuries. you have to give them a chance to make some money on unique. -- on muni. ok. if you can have an achievement of 0.9, your system will be the best in america.

>> thank you again. i want to talk a bit about process. normally, when i come here and you have hearings involving the public, somebody from staff gets up and makes a presentation. that has not happened on these tax issues. maybe for the sake of time. as a result, i do not think you are getting the clearest picture of what is coming before you. for instance, on this issue of the back seat terminals, it only came out at the very end of the hearing and almost in passing. the requirement was not for a back seat terminal, per se. it was either a back seat terminal or some device that a passenger could hand or a driver could hand to a passenger.

from my discussions, this could be something as simple as a smartphone with a smart device on it. you were not deciding on backseat terminals, but something else very different. as a result, you probably did not understand what i was saying in relation to green cab. when you amend the transportation code, you are acting as a legislation. if any of these provisions were to come to the board of supervisors, as some of them now will, it is an elaborate process and there is a months waiting time. there is at least one mandatory hearing. there are two readings at the board. there is a substantive amendment. there has to be more public comment on that. we are not getting that here. i think you need to revise your

procedures for these matters so we have ample opportunity to review, to digest, to absorber comment on these matters. >> on the uber thing, with something like 1500 priuses on thee street, it has been confirmed by people within the industry that that is the plan going forward. in my opinion, i have already had two people invite me to come along because i cannot afford to buy my own car. i have been invited but other people who can get cars u and go getber. it is a seriously attractive offer because the cab industry, you have more power and your a partner with someone who is in business with themselves. the drawback to the taxi industry -- it is not that you

need to put all of these caps out, it is that you have to have the ota. what ever happened to that? this is all put on the back burner is because of the cab companies. they want to have their company- branded dispatching. the reason you do not have a uniform for the taxi is because of the threat, the pressure you get from the cab companies. i think that, with respect to more taxes on the street, if you look at it from a purely transportation perspective, you do not need any more full time cabs. you only need more single operator cabs. that is the only kind of cap that needs to go forward in sentences go from here on. anything else is more politically-driven. the cab companies want more profitability or people at the top of the waiting list. from a pure, strategic transportation point of view, there aren't enough company does

menaced taxicabs to cover the demand through slow times. it is only when you need them, when it gets busier. >> commissioners, thank you for letting me speak again. i think the big question here is what are you doing for us? the answer is zero. more amendments, more rules, more documentation, more electronic surveillance material, equipment, but not any higher wages. something that you will discuss very shortly with the muni union. wages, hours, benefits, working conditions. i have not heard that discussed today at all because you do not give a damn about that.

you are looking for cash flow from the tax industry. i work for yellow 19909 -- for yellow in 1999 but as ftd stop me and ask me why i was driving on the same day i was driving when richie wiener's wife was driving. she had a taxi medallion and i did not. i also wrote for national cap for 4.5 years. when i left, i was asked to give $500 back. no reason. there is no fire walls between the cab companies and the cab drivers. you sit back here and patronize the cab companies.

we have seen a management standing with you. i do not see you standing with taxi drivers because they have no input. ubercab is taking over the industry because there is no limousine commission in this city. where are the taxi stands? we get taxi tickets and the mta does not give them to bus drivers. >> mr. heinrich -- heinicke, i am asking you to leave the board please. other commissioners, i would like to ask you to consider my thoughts and encourage him to leave. we all talk about wanting a world-class taxi system in this world-class city. there will never be won if we have an abused and demoralized work force. ever since director heinicke has

come into this arena, he has state -- he has called for medallions to be taken from permit holders. he has created a poisonous relationship between the regulatory agency and the work force, many of whom are afraid to come into this building. the idea that the sfmta would take $20 million per year, tried to take $20 million per year, from some of the poorest-paid, blue-collar workers in the city, and use it to pay for the salaries and benefits of some of the best-paid, blue-collar workers in the country, is just unthinkable to us. we have no overtime, sick pay, vacation pay, no health care. we have no retirement plans, no paychecks. that this money would be extracted from lost to go

elsewhere is unthinkable. it will never go down. we will come back here in a few years if this continues. we will come back here in a few years and it will be just the same. the idea that the cab industry, this vital industry of 5000 active drivers, should be a subset of the finance department of the mta is absolutely unacceptable. thank you. >> i just left out a thing for the request for writ. vice chairman brinkman: u.s. party had your chance to speak. thank you. >> i am on the taxi advisory council. i wanted to say that i think the taxi advisory council, although the task of figuring out what to

do with medallions is pretty much over, you should continue having this council. it is a way for drivers and company owners to sit down at the same table and speak. discuss the issues that concern them. otherwise, the town hall does not happen as much. as far as uber, you need a lot more inspectors out their 24-7. i appreciate the efforts being made now. more than has been made since i've been driving a cab. it is just a drop in the bucket for these guys. you need to explore this all- taxi access with whatever means there is. i do not think the m.t.a. should be going into the taxi business by leasing and selling medallions for the purpose of

paying off their debt. you are competing with not just cabdrivers' for medallion income, you are taking half of the medallions that career drivers have been waiting for to get. by leasing the medallion to the companies, you are competing with medallion-holders for income. one other thing i wanted to say about the cameras that are in the cab, there is no way to tell whether the audio is on or not. i think these cameras need to be redesigned so you can tell. they should not have any audio whatsoever, but right now, they say they are not recorded audio but i have talked to a lot of drivers who have heard audio when they go in to review an accident. you cannot believe the companies. unless there is a verifiable way that we know, you do not know if your conversations are being recorded.

>> i think i'm going to address the same issue that he was going to address. at least one of them. medallion-holders get up here and they all looked pitiful. maybe they are. i would like to point out that these guys that have made about $1 million apiece off of each one of these medallions over the last 30 years, they are making about $3,000 per month. they actually have good returns. under a different situation where there was not some kind of compromise, their selling would be fine. this is a way to get medallions to people on that list.

given a choice between somebody who has a $3,000 amount retirement and somebody who will have no retirement whatsoever, i think you should consider keeping this. you guys are making so much money off of us. if we go down, you go down. >> i want to thank roberta boomer. she told me about an article. in many cities, ait has taken

people by surprise. they will go through sacramento and try to get some legislation to protect the industry here. i am more of a wait and see type person. the medallion at sales policy will be heard your later in the summer. whether they should not -- whether or not they should be allowed to sell. if you allow them to sell, probably about 200 would come forward. 50,000 per transfer, that would be $10 million for the agency. it is self-defeating to make

them die off. there are some legal and fairness issues involved. there are 12 under people wanted to purchase medallions. these are int -- 1200 people who want to purchase medallions. they do not want to wait seven or eight more years. they want to begin building equity. if the supply is needed, the city would make money. you would obviate some lawsuits. i think it is the right thing to do. you will put the medallions and the hands of an active working drivers. thank you very much. >> thank you. i would like to echo her worlds. -- words. we should be a separate division.

we really need that for a month. it is important -- that forum. it is important. i have never heard of a price more than $15,000. conservative estimates are that anyone with any of those medallions have made at least $8,000. more like $1.5 million. some people have two, three, seven medallions, and they do not drive. please pull all those medallions and give those to working drivers. that is the right thing to do. with regards to the phenomenon and the sedans, the companies

like the impression that more cabs solve problems. we need technology to be applied. we have more cabs per capita than new york city. in new york city, there is one cab for every 633 people. in this town, there is one cab for every 587 people. we do not need more cabs. the need to get to the past to where they are needed when they are needed. once we know how the industry really works, we should issue medallions as they are genuinely needed. the whole idea of more cabs on the inside of the box, and permitted black market on the outside of the box, it is not the way things ought to operate. >> thank you.

>> i missed 14 and 15. history looks back at society and judges them about how they treat their weakest members, oldest members, the sick and elderly. san francisco is a really expensive place to live. when the city was without tabs -- cabs, and many grandparents are taking care of their grandchildren, even their great- grandchildren. children are very expensive. i know because i have seven stepchildren. it is just not fair when those people are in an older and weaker state, to wait for them

to die so the city can get the full value of the medallions. it is not in line with the kind of values that the west has always exhibited in terms of how to make things fair for the most people as possible. i have really appreciated the effort by the sfmta to try to deal with so many of opposing forces. i really think we could make the city public works a lot more efficient. i think there are other sources of income than preventing these people, who are now very weak, and who doesn't budget not to be able to sell their >> the mta board of directors

met in closed session. total compensation for the value of the lost goodwill and the non movable fixtures resulting from the condemnation of the property on stockton street. the board also discussed labor negotiations, but took no action spurred -- but took no action. >> do i have a motion? >> all in favor? >> thank you. we are returning to the best part of the meeting. >> no comment on that. four hours after being rudely interrupted, a few quick things. we do more than taxis at the sfmta in case of folks have

forgotten. san francisco, this past week, was part of the kickoff of the green lanes project. it is a new project that is being launched by the foundation with the intent to bring more protected by ways to -- bike ways to u.s. cities. we were one of the cities chosen to participate in the project. it will be supporting development of these kinds of facilities and networks over the next two years. we were selected along with austin, chicago, memphis, portland, and washington, d.c. we had our kickoff last week in chicago, and were we were joined by the administrator of the federal highway administration.

strong support from the u.s. to permit a transportation for this initiative. cities were recognized for their ambitious goals and their -- ambitious goals. we, for example, presented not just be recently implemented jfk bike way, but as well as the polk street project. we were selected also because of the quick work we have done since the injunction. people have been pretty impressed at how quickly we were able to get projects out the door after having to sit on our hands for three years. the recent work in golden gate park and the plans we have going forward.

one of the reasons that this foundation is pushing for this is because they found that these protected bike lanes can be a game changer in terms of getting more people onto bicycles. the board of supervisors adopted resolution setting a goal of 20% by 2020. we have 50 -- 50% over the next six years. we need a significant increase in bicycling. it is the most cost-effective for us to increase. we're very proud to be -- to have been chosen as one of these six and we will report back as appropriate on progress under that initiative.

bicycling magazine announced its top 50 by friendly american cities for 2012. san francisco was identified, at number 8 on the list. number 8 out of the top 50. we would like to be higher than eight, but it was pretty good. considering that we were enjoined from implementing a lot of good projects for those three long years. we were cited in the process post-conjunction -- post- injunction. traffic signals that give cyclists the right of way. all of which led to 71% increase in cycling in the last five years. that is pretty phenomenal. on the revenue bonds that you had previously authorized, we subsequently got approval from the board of supervisors to

issue those bonds. the good news is that we got our first of two ratings from credit rating agencies. we got our rating from moody's a week or so ago, and we were given a aa3 rating, which was very positive. a strong statement that the language in the document that issued the rating cited the agency's strong financial management. credit are great cfo for that as well as your leadership in adopting the great financial policies you have done to make sure this agency is well run. we got that great team and a stable outlook, which will support a good interest-rate when we issue. which we expected due within a few weeks. our first round will be